BARRING any unexpected emergencies, this week is my penultimate column before I embark and relocate to Metro Manila for my retirement and/or continuation of my advertising for the Filipino Reporter, or may be joining the remnants of my classmates at San Beda Law School in a law office.

I have waited for two decades to resurrect a grave injustice for depriving the Filipino-Americans in the tri-state area and the staffs of the Consulate General in New York and the Philippine Mission of priceless paintings by renowned painter, Arturo Luz, Lee Aguinaldo and August Arbor.